How to Make A Pellet Mill

Many people today are now using wood pellets and biomass pellets as their source of heat for their homes, this has lead to an increase of interest in actually how wood and other biomass pellets are made. The main piece of equipment used is referred to as a pellet mill, though it may also be called a pellet machine or pellet press. A pellet mill is a industrial piece of equipment, even small pellet mills have to be built to a high standard to cope with the stresses of forming a pellet. However, this also means that generally speaking, a pellet mill is also not a cheap piece of equipment, leading to some looking for ways for them to build their own pellet mill.

So how realistic is it for people to build their own pellet mill? Well, technically you could make your own pellet mill, the problem is to make a pellet mill of sufficient quality due to the components required would probably cost you more than purchasing one. This may lead you to believe that owning and operating your own pellet mill is not for you due to the costs involved. Well, first you need to look at the cost of the pellet mills you have been looking at, as many of them are probably Chinese imports which have been marked up with huge profit margins. Therefore if you can find the source of the pellet mills, you can literally save your self thousands of dollars on the cost of a pellet mill. However, some of the Chinese pellet mills are animal feed pellet mills miss-sold by re-sellers as wood pellet mills. You need to avoid these pellet mills, and choose units which are specifically designed to process wood and biomass materials.